Hayden Bock, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor of Landscape Sustainability
University Park, PA 16802
- Email hwb5138@psu.edu
Areas of Expertise
- Urban ecosystems
- Soil ecology
- Biogeochemistry
Websites
Education
- Ph.D. - Cornell University, 2024
- B.S. - Penn State University, 2020
Research Interests
I study the ecology of managed landscapes, with a focus on urban greenspaces (e.g. public parks, residential lawns, or ornamental beds). My research connects plants, soils, and the broader urban environment to understand how urban greenspaces are shaped by people’s use and management, and potentially how urban greenspaces may shape human experience and communities. Ultimately, I aim to understand these systems in both a fundamental sense as well as practically, to improve the health, biodiversity, and resilience of our everyday landscapes.
Appointment
50% Research
50% Teaching
Affiliations
Publications
Cultivating ecological awareness in middle-school students through short interactions with urban soil ecosystems
Urban Ecosystems, Bock, Hayden W., Wickings, Kyle G., 2025
Lawn management intensity leads to contrasting effects on belowground ecology and turfgrass aesthetic
Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, Bock, Hayden W., Morse, Olivia B., Rossi, Frank S., Groffman, Peter M., Sparks, Jed P., Wickings, Kyle G., 2025
Soil animal communities demonstrate simplification without homogenization along an urban gradient
Ecological Applications, Bock, Hayden W., Groffman, Peter M., Sparks, Jed P., Rossi, Frank S., Wickings, Kyle G., 2024
Collembola (Isotomidae) and mowing management practices control distinct aspects of thatch decomposition in a lawn mesocosm experiment
Pedobiologia, Bock, Hayden W., Wickings, Kyle, 2023
